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How can markets respond better to the 2005/06 food crisis: evidence from Zambia
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005Despite massive financial contributions towards poverty alleviation, the frequency and severity of sub-Saharan food crises appear to be increasing. Why is this?DocumentConverting policy research into policy decisions: the role of communication and the media
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005Policymaking for poverty reduction and food security in many developing countries is rather ad hoc and does not fully use research-based information. Why is this?DocumentThe governance dimensions of food security in Malawi
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005This report presents findings and conclusions from a governance and food security assessment of Malawi.DocumentFood sovereignty: towards democracy in localized food systems
Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2005Food Sovereignty is a policy framework for the governance of food and agriculture, which addresses the problems of hunger and poverty in a new and innovative way. This paper illustrates how the Food Sovereignty policy framework has developed and what the basic assumptions and underlying analysis are.DocumentAchieving food security in vulnerable populations
British Medical Journal, 2005Although the resources needed to combat food security are small compared with the benefits, very little is being done on a global scale to tackle this issue. This report recommends giving priority to actions to improve food security. Nevertheless, food security is a complex issue having a number of influencing factors.DocumentInternational fact finding mission: report on cases of violations of the right to food in Uttar Pradesh, India
FIAN Norway, 2005This advocacy group document confirms the violation of human rights in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, India. It specifically addresses abuses with regard to the right to adequate food.The report is based on information provided by a fact-finding mission composed of four separate teams.DocumentPolicy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia: a bioeconomic model with market imperfections
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005This research in the highlands of Ethiopia shows how poverty and land degradation can be reduced in a resource-constrained agricultural area. It uses a bioeconomic model to address how alternative policy options can affect poverty and land degradation.DocumentPutting food first: securing an adequate response to famine in Niger
All Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid and Trade, UK, 2005This paper discusses some of the reasons behind continued famine events in Africa, and particularly Niger of late. Although food insecurity has wide ranging impacts on disease, education and to some extent governance, food security is still seen as a side-issue, having only secondary importance in terms of African development.DocumentCivil society organisation (CSO) experiences of monitoring of food security issues in Zambia
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005Food security can be used as an indicator to measure the impact of poverty eradication programmes. This report from Zambia reinforces the value of collaborative, yet alternate strategies for assessing food security in different contexts, which then provides input for Government policy and poverty reduction strategies.DocumentCivil society experiences of monitoring food security issues in Southern Africa
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005SARPN hosted a conference in May 2005 on “Civil society experiences of monitoring food security issues in Southern Africa”.Pages